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Ubuntu Pro for WSL, published by Canonical Group Limited, is a lightweight Windows utility designed to bridge the gap between Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux and Canonical’s expanded enterprise-grade support ecosystem; once installed, the 1.0.6 release silently detects any Ubuntu distribution running inside WSL, checks the user’s Ubuntu Pro credentials, and automatically attaches the subscription so that the underlying Ubuntu instance immediately gains access to extended security patching, Kernel Livepatch, FIPS-compliant packages, Landscape management, and up to ten years of maintenance for more than 23,000 open-source components without manual command-line configuration. Typical use cases include corporate developers who need a compliant local build environment on Windows workstations, DevOps teams that want identical package levels across cloud VMs and laptops, and administrators who must ensure that WSL-based CI pipelines inherit the same CVE coverage as production servers; the tool is also handy for individual enthusiasts who wish to turn a standard Ubuntu WSL installation into a Pro-enabled one before pushing container images to a private registry. Because the program is essentially a credential-forwarding wrapper, it supports all three currently maintained versions—20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 24.04 LTS—running side-by-side inside WSL, and it updates itself automatically whenever Canonical publishes a new build. The software is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.
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